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The Offspring · 1992 · Studio album

Ignition tuning.

E Standard, about 8 cents sharp (A ≈ 442), measured on the CD. All 12 songs use it.

Ignition album cover

Album tuning

E Standard +8 ¢

About 8 cents sharp (A ≈ 442), measured on the CD.

MeasuredCommunity

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Measured by TuneLit

8 ¢ sharp

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, Japan ESCA 6144+7.5 ¢A 441.912+5.6 to +10.4 ¢High
 Offset from concert pitch (A 440). Spread: the middle half of the songs, when four or more share the album's pitch. Confidence: how well the notes agree with one grid.

Before we measured, sources said: E Standard, with no pitch given (community).

Every tab is in E Standard. TuneLit measured the CD about 7.5 ¢ sharp (A ≈ 442), evenly across the album. Dirty Magic was re-recorded twenty years later on Days Go By.

12 songs

Every song, ready to tune

Tune opens the tuner in that song's tuning, pitch included. Play along opens the song player set to that tuning, so the track plays in yours. What the labels mean

  1. 1. Session

    E Standard +8 ¢Measured

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  2. 2. We Are One

    E Standard +8 ¢Measured

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  3. 3. Kick Him When He's Down

    E Standard +8 ¢Measured

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  4. 4. Take It Like a Man

    E Standard +8 ¢Measured

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  5. 5. Get It Right

    E Standard +8 ¢Measured

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    Notes

    Reads about 15 ¢ sharp on the CD, a little above the rest of the album, but not clearly enough for its own setting.

  6. 6. Dirty Magic

    E Standard +8 ¢Measured

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  7. 7. Hypodermic

    E Standard +8 ¢Measured

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  8. 8. Burn It Up

    E Standard +8 ¢Measured

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  9. 9. No Hero

    E Standard +8 ¢Measured

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  10. 10. L.A.P.D.

    E Standard +8 ¢Measured

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  11. 11. Nothing from Something

    E Standard +8 ¢Measured

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  12. 12. Forever and a Day

    E Standard +8 ¢Measured

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What the labels mean

Measured
TuneLit measured the pitch on an original CD or LP. The tuning name still comes from the sources.
Official
The band, a member, their producer or their guitar tech said it.
Widely reported
Trusted outlets, guides and tabs agree, but the band did not say it directly.
Community
From community tabs, or from players who tune along with the record.
Disputed
Sources disagree. The likeliest setting is shown; the notes name the other one.

Each song shows one label, the strongest it has, in this order. How we measure recordings →

Questions

What tuning is Ignition in?

The Offspring recorded Ignition (1992) in E Standard, about 8 cents sharp (A ≈ 442), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Every song uses it.